Mike Dodd: We must not fund our own destruction
The United States is funding numerous Chinese companies—many with ties to the Chinese Communist Party, known as the CCP, and the Chinese military.
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Jim Merritt: Focus on expanding broadband, health care access
Anything that delays or limits deployment also delays or limits health care access and is inappropriate for Indiana.
Kate Willard: Trans-Atlantic partnerships key to joint prosperity
Everywhere I’ve been—from the University of Notre Dame to White River State Park to Victory Field—I’ve found politicians, policy academics and businesspeople excited at the prospect of working together and helping both Indiana and the Thames Estuary.
Doneisha Posey: Why maintaining diversity in higher education matters
A diverse student body doesn’t just enrich campuses; it equips all students to thrive in a globalized world and contribute positively to the challenges of the 21st century.
Angela Thompson: Let nurse practitioners improve access to health care
Hoosiers are in desperate need of increased health care access. Indiana was a shocking 35th overall in the latest United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings, which cites a high prevalence of multiple chronic conditions among state residents.
Sheila Suess Kennedy: What family planning has meant to women’s liberation
Before the advent of reliable birth control, every sexual encounter carried the risk of pregnancy, and pregnancy generally meant the end of a woman’s economic independence.
Dan Peterson: New opportunities for a healthier Indiana are in front of us
Legislators have unleashed significant resources to enhance mental and community health services in our 92 counties. These moves will help doctors address health challenges faced by their patients before it’s too late.
Chris Leeuw: Partners to offer needed services at former Five Seasons
The building will be transformed with an altruistic purpose—to provide affordable, longer-term access to neuro rehabilitation outside the boundaries of the high-cost health care system.
John A. Torr: Listen and try to understand other points of view
With a few notable exceptions, most candidates are well-intentioned and working toward the common good. The differences are on how best to get there, and reasonable people can disagree.
Carey Dahncke: Reimagining Indiana’s postsecondary pathways
Too many graduating seniors and employers are in a holding pattern, waiting for opportunities. To create real and lasting change, we must continue to reimagine a system where students and future employers collaborate alongside one another before these students enter the workforce.
William Powell: Reclaiming audiences will require creative thinking
Theaters must draw people back by presenting dynamic, highly entertaining performances, or they won’t last in a hyper-competitive marketplace.
Alison Bell: Higher ed leaders should see opportunity as ‘cliff’ nears
It’s critical that higher education leaders become more attuned to the evolving landscape of the workforce and, as a result, begin creating and expanding academic programs in high-demand fields such as K-12 education, health care, information technology and business.
Jefferson Shreve: Here’s a better approach for creating a safe community
The crisis is too urgent for posturing: We must do what it takes to save kids’ lives in our city and give our police the tools they need to bring order to our streets.
Dr. Enrico Repetto: We need health-savvy kids to stem diabetes epidemic
Awareness, understanding, nutrition and regular physical activity can teach lifelong healthy habits and stave off obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases.
William Plater: Kudos to all of the people who made IUPUI successful
There may be even more engaging dreams ahead in this era of dazzling new possibilities: harnessing artificial intelligence for the common good, drawing on Indiana’s local imagination to overcome global challenges and recentering democracy on more inclusive principles.
Daniel Elsener: Indiana must focus on science of reading to help kids
Critical third grade scores of our Hoosier students show nearly 1 in 5 is not even at basic reading level.
Ryan Ritchie: Coalition building boosts your chances for success
The most successful coalitions are those that appeal to the largest number of decisionmakers.
Marc Hackett: Investing in mental health care is just good business
Employers must invest in resources for employees to combat and treat mental health challenges, including burnout, depression, anxiety and more.
Kristin Jones: Health, jobs at risk with new drug price proposals
This shortsighted attempt to use the big fist of government to mandate drug prices would result in thousands of jobs exiting our state and would deliver an unrecoverable blow to the infrastructure that has supported the biopharmaceutical industry and the treatments and cures it delivers to millions of patients every day.
Brian Krider: Congress needs to pass the Credit Card Competition Act
In addition to the average 2.22% charge on every swipe, there are added fees for credit cards offering points or rewards, for swiping a second time to add a tip and even for manually entering a credit card.